If you run a web site or service that runs afoul of US law, and that site is hosted overseas, then the US legal system doesn't have much recourse, right? Wrong. Because the .com, .net, and .org top level domains are managed by a US company, the government can come to Verisign with a court order and seize your domain, effectively shutting you down. And because of a quirk of internet history that made the US-controlled domains the de-facto standard for web sites, this is a situation that's quite possibly permanent.

TechGeek, please list any example of how you've been directly affected by the Patriot Act.

Lorin, blacklisting domain names and the Constitution have absolutely nothing in common. I'm guessing you this is another case of someone thinking they have a right that doesn't actually exist.

What the hell kind of reply is that? If the US was burning people at the stake, I shouldn't worry until they tie me to a pole? It's EVERY citizen's right and responsibility to speak out when our government does shitty things. Thats the whole point of a government by the people, for the people.